Numbers 1-12, Walcot Hall Flats, Numbers 1-3, Clock Tower House, Adjoining Stable Block To North-West And Courtyard Wall Adjoining To South-East

A group of stables with adjoining walls, now partly converted to flats. The buildings date from after 1763, probably designed by Sir William Chambers, with some alterations made in the early 19th century.

The structures are built of red brick with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs. They comprise two ranges arranged to the north-east and south-west, returning to enclose a courtyard to the north-west, with an enclosing wall to the south-east.

The north-east range features a 3:3:3 bay rhythm with a large central two-storey tower and lower set-back wings. The tower has a plinth and a parapet that was probably heightened in the early 19th century with a moulded stone cornice and blocking course. External end stacks rise from the tower, which originally had a lead-sheathed base to a central cupola (removed in July 1984). Two first-floor windows flank a slightly higher central blind window with a clock above. The ground floor contains blind windows suggesting a Serliana arrangement, framing a large central carriageway with a gauged brick round-arch and moulded stone impost blocks that continue as a cornice through the archway. The wings have plinths, stone eaves bands, and end stacks. They contain three first-floor windows on the right and one on the left, with ground floor blind arcading featuring continuous impost bands and gauged brick round-arches. Two inserted three-panelled doors appear in the second bay from the right. The south-west front of this range also has a 3:3:3 bay rhythm with a central tower, carriage arch, stone eaves band, and glazing bar sashes. The wings feature first-floor centre-pivoted casements and ground-floor top-opening small-paned casements. An early 19th-century single-storey block curves round to the left with three windows and a central octagonal cupola with an ogee lead cap.

The south-west range is L-shaped. Its north-east front is two storeys with a 6:4:6 bay rhythm. An ashlar plinth and stone eaves band run across the elevation, which has two ridge stacks positioned off-centre to left and right, plus a stack behind the ridge to the right. A triangular pedimented gable sits above four projecting centre bays, featuring a stone band at eaves level, moulded stone verge, and a clock in the tympanum. A central circular wooden cupola with a square base has four Doric columns supporting an entablature, topped by a lead dome with a globe finial and weathervane. The windows are glazing bar sashes with gauged heads and stone cills. Four central double boarded doors have segmental gauged-brick heads and stone impost bands; double three-panelled doors appear in the fourth bays from both left and right. The right-hand return front has two ridge stacks and four bays, with double three-panelled doors to the left. A short brick wall with stone coping is attached to the right side. The south-east courtyard wall is approximately 25 metres long, built of red brick with stone coping.

The interior of the curved stable block to the north retains original stalls for horses. The wooden cupola above the north-east block is circular with six columns supporting a frieze and cornice, topped by a lead dome with a globe finial and weathervane; it was removed for safety reasons and remains on the ground in the stable courtyard vicinity.